Always Room for One More
By: Sorche Nic Leodhas
Illustrated by: Nonny Hogrogian
Medal Winner
Reviewed by: Sherry Early
Also read and recommended by: Sandy Hall
In the story song, householder Lachie MacLachlan welcomes all of the travelers who pass by his door to come in and rest a while, saying “There’s room galore! There’s room for one more! There’s always room for one more!” He welcomes so many visitors that his house, already full with Lachie and his wife and ten bairns, is literally filled to bursting, and everyone who’s enjoying the hospitality must decide what to do next when the house “with its but and its ben and its walls and its roof DINGED DOWN!” (Tumbled down)
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Hide and Seek Fog
By: Alvin Tresselt
Illustrated by: Roger Duvoisin
Honor
NOT REVIEWED
The worst fog in twenty years temporarily disheartens the grownups, but, as always, the children take it in stride. They play hide-and-seek among the rocks, have fun getting lost in front of their own cottages, and toast marshmallows over a drift-wood fire, while the fog "tip-toes past the windows and across the porch."
Repeating the pattern of "White Snow Bright Snow" a Caldecott Medal Winner, this evocative picture-story captures the ready response of children to another mysterious and fascinating phenomena of nature—a fog that came and stayed three days in a little seaside village on Cape Cod.
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Just Me
By: Marie Hall Ets
Honor
Reviewed by: Lara Lleverino
Recommended age: 4-6 years of age
Also read and recommended by: Sandy Hall, Sherry Early
Such a sweet book to read to young children learning about and enjoying animals. Great for inspiring imaginative play.
Tom Tit Tot
Illustrated by: Evaline Ness
Honor
Reviewed by: Sandy Hall
Recommended age: Ages 4-8
Evaline Ness retells a version of the English folktale of Rumplestiltskin in this picture book. The story of is told with more text than usual picture books. It is illustrated with woodcuts and soft colors of brown and light blue by the author. I always enjoy woodcut illustration, and these perfectly match the old story. Who gets outwitted in the story? The mother? The girl? The king? or the funny little creature named Tom Tit Tot?
